Swindon dedicated last night's 47-43 Elite League win over Coventry at Brandon to the memory of Rafal Kurmanski.

The tragic suicide of the young Pole over the weekend hit the Blunsdon outfit hard, and boss Alun Rossiter admitted it had been a difficult night for the whole Swindon camp.

"It was quite emotional," said Rossiter, "and I was relieved to get the meeting over with. We had only known Rafal for a short time but he was a very likeable kid. He seemed so happy with life at Swindon and I just can't fathom it out. You just ask why?"

Leigh Adams was the star of the Swindon show, racing to a brilliant 18-point maximum in front of the Sky TV cameras as the Robins secured their first away win of the campaign.

The defeat leaves the Buildbase Bees five points adrift at the foot of the Elite League table, and they travel to Oxford this Friday without Billy Janniro (back in America having treatment on knee and shoulder injuries), Morten Risager (taking part in a World Under 21 Championship quarter-final in Finland this weekend) and Jason Bunyan (on duty for the Isle of Wight at Edinburgh).